RLM wrote:Well, I actually lost everything, but the back up restore only restored the e-mails and mailboxes.

Sorry to hear. How did this happen?

Could you go into Tools > Options > Contacts?See if you can add your address books from there, which are maybe present in the Address directory.

I can open the address books in the backup folders and they are there (I don't know where the accounts are hidden), but when I try to restore the books, it just restores the default "Address" book.

You could also copy those address books directly to Poco PE's address directory. You don't need to restore, although it's easier.
Same can be done for your accounts.
Make sure to close PE before you copy those over.

RLM wrote:There is no account.ini file in the root of the back up. Am I screwed?

Nothing to be found in the Backup I guess you'll have to re-enter those again manually, if not found there.

For some reason the last backup did not fetch the loose stuff in the root.

Also, it was pretty strange that when I opened PE this morning I had to enter my validation code to unlock it. I guess that was part of the crash consequences. It's going to be one of those days I guess.

RLM wrote:For some reason the last backup did not fetch the loose stuff in the root.

Pity, maybe it wasn't checked in your backup settings.Go to File > Backup and Restore > Backup and enable all or the ones you really want.

Also, it was pretty strange that when I opened PE this morning I had to enter my validation code to unlock it. I guess that was part of the crash consequences. It's going to be one of those days I guess.

So something was removed from the registry. That's really odd.
Already had several BSOD's and crashes while checking out other firewalls and antivirus, but never experienced what you had.

Guess it's bad luck on your part.

Marking this topic as resolved now, so hopefully it won't happen again.